First Heres The Basics
Qtr. Length - 5 Minutes
Rookies will be imported from NCAA 09
More Changes (TBA)
Spring 2007
This Just in, We got breaking news, Roger Goodell has announced today that the Jacksonville Jaguars has now declared merger with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs will officially merge with the Carolina Panthers and now they will declare an allocation draft for both teams, meanwhile 2 new teams have officially joined the NFL both consisted of players who got the pageant bug.
First the Mississippi Hurricanes
A Team Consists of all Miss Mississippi Delegates of 2008 on the roster including Lauren Vance (FS), Sarah Beth James (WR), and Amber Winstead (QB), and yep they will be head coached by Michael Young (not the Baseball Player who was with the Texas Rangers), he recognized that he hosted Kids are People, Too on ABC, but they have joined after leaving the USFL
And Speaking of the USFL another team joins the NFL the Laredo Reapers (May Contain Stuff from Wikipedia)
The Laredo Reapers starting in 1984 as the San Antonio Gunslingers after the USFL decided to expand to 18 teams to get more capital. . However, efforts to award teams to Minneapolis-St. Paul and Seattle fell through. A series of studies of possible new cities concluded that San Antonio could not support a USFL team, but a heavy sales pitch by oilman Manges, plus the desire to give the Houston Gamblers a rival, persuaded the owners to give a franchise to San Antonio.
Despite his oil fortune, Manges didn't make an initial capital investment (as is standard for most major league sports franchises). Rather, he appeared to pay team expenses out-of-pocket as they arose. Until the league ordered them to move, team offices were located in a double-wide trailer in the Alamo Stadium parking lot.
Manges hired local coaching legend Gil Steinke to run the team. In 23 years at nearby Texas A&I, Steinke had a record of 195-63-5, including a 6-1 record in NAIA Championship games. In a league with freespending owners, Steinke's Gunslingers rarely had the edge in talent but most games were very disciplined on the field, allowing them to remain competitive on a shoestring budget.
1984 Season - The Gunslingers showed moments of offensive competence most games, but lacked the game breakers that other teams had. The team was populated with football players, not athletes. If they were going to score, it would be a long drawn out drive. The Gunslingers were an average rushing team, in spite of having no true feature back. QB Rick Neuheisel played solidly for the team, nickel and dimeing the team up and down the field, and the intense "Bounty Hunter" defense led by players like Peter Raeford and Putt Choate kept the Gunslingers within striking distance almost every week. Notably, the team was +13 in turnovers---a sign of a well coached team.
Coach/general manager Steinke managed to rally the modestly talented team to a 7-7 finish after an 0-4 start, keeping them in playoff contention until the last few weeks of the season. However, the Gunslingers' most enduring memory of that first season was when the lights at Alamo Stadium went out during their second game--and didn't come back on for an hour.
Offseason - Defensive coordinator Jim Bates was rewarded with a promotion to head coach in 1985. Steinke remained the team's GM. Chicago Blitz leading rusher Larry Canada was added to the roster.
1985 Season - Despite their strong finish, the Gunslingers were known to be badly undercapitalized--a problem which had been the undoing of previous challengers to NFL dominance. It quickly caught up with them in 1985. Manges' oil fortune collapsed, resulting in a myriad of bounced checks for the players and coaches. When the San Antonio Express-News broke the story, Manges reacted by revoking the paper's press credentials. The situation got so dire at one point that several players traded tickets for food and stayed with sympathetic fans because they couldn't afford to pay the rent for their apartments.
On one occasion, an arbitrator threatened to release 30 players from their contracts if Manges didn't make good on their bounced checks. On another, several players threatened to sit out a June 9 game against the Los Angeles Express unless they were paid. After several missed paydays, Bates threatened to quit unless the players were paid by the team's contest against the Oakland Invaders. The money never arrived, and Bates walked out, forcing Steinke to take over for the last six games of the season.
In June, Manges simply stopped paying the franchise's bills. The players and coaches played the last stretch of the season (depending on the source, as few as three games and as many as six) without being paid. Not surprisingly, the Gunslingers barely survived the season, finishing with the second-worst record in the league.
A month after the season, Commissioner Harry Usher had seen enough, and gave Manges an ultimatum--make restitution for the team's debts in 15 days or lose the franchise., But to fix the problem Guyrex Associates purchased the Gunslingers for the 1986 season but with better attendance and fan support, but they won 1 championship for San Antonio until after the 1990 season, Guyrex filed an anti-trust lawsuit and sued the Miss Universe Organization, but in the end Crystal Group took over the team in 1991 and the team relocated to Corpus Christi, TX and became the Corpus Christi Commodores with notable players for the 1991 season like Katie Young, Lisa Davis, Angie Sisk, Jennifer Rekart but in the end they finished 7-9, but later after dismal finishes the team moved to Harlingen, TX and the Rio Grande Reapers from 1994-1998, then Lubbock, TX (Lubbock Reapers) 1999-2004, and on to Laredo today.
Key Players - Elise Horner (MLB), Tavisty Tarkenton (QB), Valerie Pro (FB), Lauren Sapaugh (WR)
Head Coach - Nicole Llewellyn-Brink
Profile: Nicole Llewellyn-Brink began her career in the NFL by playing with the Indianapolis Colts in 1990 as a WR, she ran 424 yards and got 43 receptions on her first year as she was imported from Munster HS, later in 1992 she was jumped to Biloxi and Competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant and wind up in the top 15 but the crown goes to Jamie Solinger from Iowa, but the saga did it when Solinger scored 3 Passing TD's to Llewellyn that year, but later she went back to Indianapolis and continued playing until after the 1997 season and she reunited with Solinger at Shreveport but the both compete in the Miss USA Pageant but failed to Shawnae Jebbia, but for the record Solinger's targets in 1998 include Llewellyn, Jebbia and Cindy Madde, after that Llewellyn came back to finish her career with the Colts until the 2000 season.
Offensive Coordinator: Christine Friedel-McDonald
Defensive Coordinator: Toni Rodriguez
Assistant Coaches: Eileen Taylor (QB), Michael Hanna (DL), Lance Morgan (WR/TE), Craig Love (OL), Loong Keng Lim (LB), Marcy Martinez (Def. Backs), Paula Miles (RB), Megan Alexander (Special Teams)
Qtr. Length - 5 Minutes
Rookies will be imported from NCAA 09
More Changes (TBA)
Spring 2007
This Just in, We got breaking news, Roger Goodell has announced today that the Jacksonville Jaguars has now declared merger with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs will officially merge with the Carolina Panthers and now they will declare an allocation draft for both teams, meanwhile 2 new teams have officially joined the NFL both consisted of players who got the pageant bug.
First the Mississippi Hurricanes
A Team Consists of all Miss Mississippi Delegates of 2008 on the roster including Lauren Vance (FS), Sarah Beth James (WR), and Amber Winstead (QB), and yep they will be head coached by Michael Young (not the Baseball Player who was with the Texas Rangers), he recognized that he hosted Kids are People, Too on ABC, but they have joined after leaving the USFL
And Speaking of the USFL another team joins the NFL the Laredo Reapers (May Contain Stuff from Wikipedia)
The Laredo Reapers starting in 1984 as the San Antonio Gunslingers after the USFL decided to expand to 18 teams to get more capital. . However, efforts to award teams to Minneapolis-St. Paul and Seattle fell through. A series of studies of possible new cities concluded that San Antonio could not support a USFL team, but a heavy sales pitch by oilman Manges, plus the desire to give the Houston Gamblers a rival, persuaded the owners to give a franchise to San Antonio.
Despite his oil fortune, Manges didn't make an initial capital investment (as is standard for most major league sports franchises). Rather, he appeared to pay team expenses out-of-pocket as they arose. Until the league ordered them to move, team offices were located in a double-wide trailer in the Alamo Stadium parking lot.
Manges hired local coaching legend Gil Steinke to run the team. In 23 years at nearby Texas A&I, Steinke had a record of 195-63-5, including a 6-1 record in NAIA Championship games. In a league with freespending owners, Steinke's Gunslingers rarely had the edge in talent but most games were very disciplined on the field, allowing them to remain competitive on a shoestring budget.
1984 Season - The Gunslingers showed moments of offensive competence most games, but lacked the game breakers that other teams had. The team was populated with football players, not athletes. If they were going to score, it would be a long drawn out drive. The Gunslingers were an average rushing team, in spite of having no true feature back. QB Rick Neuheisel played solidly for the team, nickel and dimeing the team up and down the field, and the intense "Bounty Hunter" defense led by players like Peter Raeford and Putt Choate kept the Gunslingers within striking distance almost every week. Notably, the team was +13 in turnovers---a sign of a well coached team.
Coach/general manager Steinke managed to rally the modestly talented team to a 7-7 finish after an 0-4 start, keeping them in playoff contention until the last few weeks of the season. However, the Gunslingers' most enduring memory of that first season was when the lights at Alamo Stadium went out during their second game--and didn't come back on for an hour.
Offseason - Defensive coordinator Jim Bates was rewarded with a promotion to head coach in 1985. Steinke remained the team's GM. Chicago Blitz leading rusher Larry Canada was added to the roster.
1985 Season - Despite their strong finish, the Gunslingers were known to be badly undercapitalized--a problem which had been the undoing of previous challengers to NFL dominance. It quickly caught up with them in 1985. Manges' oil fortune collapsed, resulting in a myriad of bounced checks for the players and coaches. When the San Antonio Express-News broke the story, Manges reacted by revoking the paper's press credentials. The situation got so dire at one point that several players traded tickets for food and stayed with sympathetic fans because they couldn't afford to pay the rent for their apartments.
On one occasion, an arbitrator threatened to release 30 players from their contracts if Manges didn't make good on their bounced checks. On another, several players threatened to sit out a June 9 game against the Los Angeles Express unless they were paid. After several missed paydays, Bates threatened to quit unless the players were paid by the team's contest against the Oakland Invaders. The money never arrived, and Bates walked out, forcing Steinke to take over for the last six games of the season.
In June, Manges simply stopped paying the franchise's bills. The players and coaches played the last stretch of the season (depending on the source, as few as three games and as many as six) without being paid. Not surprisingly, the Gunslingers barely survived the season, finishing with the second-worst record in the league.
A month after the season, Commissioner Harry Usher had seen enough, and gave Manges an ultimatum--make restitution for the team's debts in 15 days or lose the franchise., But to fix the problem Guyrex Associates purchased the Gunslingers for the 1986 season but with better attendance and fan support, but they won 1 championship for San Antonio until after the 1990 season, Guyrex filed an anti-trust lawsuit and sued the Miss Universe Organization, but in the end Crystal Group took over the team in 1991 and the team relocated to Corpus Christi, TX and became the Corpus Christi Commodores with notable players for the 1991 season like Katie Young, Lisa Davis, Angie Sisk, Jennifer Rekart but in the end they finished 7-9, but later after dismal finishes the team moved to Harlingen, TX and the Rio Grande Reapers from 1994-1998, then Lubbock, TX (Lubbock Reapers) 1999-2004, and on to Laredo today.
Key Players - Elise Horner (MLB), Tavisty Tarkenton (QB), Valerie Pro (FB), Lauren Sapaugh (WR)
Head Coach - Nicole Llewellyn-Brink
Profile: Nicole Llewellyn-Brink began her career in the NFL by playing with the Indianapolis Colts in 1990 as a WR, she ran 424 yards and got 43 receptions on her first year as she was imported from Munster HS, later in 1992 she was jumped to Biloxi and Competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant and wind up in the top 15 but the crown goes to Jamie Solinger from Iowa, but the saga did it when Solinger scored 3 Passing TD's to Llewellyn that year, but later she went back to Indianapolis and continued playing until after the 1997 season and she reunited with Solinger at Shreveport but the both compete in the Miss USA Pageant but failed to Shawnae Jebbia, but for the record Solinger's targets in 1998 include Llewellyn, Jebbia and Cindy Madde, after that Llewellyn came back to finish her career with the Colts until the 2000 season.
Offensive Coordinator: Christine Friedel-McDonald
Defensive Coordinator: Toni Rodriguez
Assistant Coaches: Eileen Taylor (QB), Michael Hanna (DL), Lance Morgan (WR/TE), Craig Love (OL), Loong Keng Lim (LB), Marcy Martinez (Def. Backs), Paula Miles (RB), Megan Alexander (Special Teams)